diff --git a/libc/bionic/libc_init_static.c b/libc/bionic/libc_init_static.c
index ba7f008..bb3a410 100644
--- a/libc/bionic/libc_init_static.c
+++ b/libc/bionic/libc_init_static.c
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 #include <bionic_tls.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <sys/auxv.h>
 
 // Returns the address of the page containing address 'x'.
 #define PAGE_START(x)  ((x) & PAGE_MASK)
@@ -65,27 +66,13 @@
     }
 }
 
-/*
- * Find the value of the AT_* variable passed to us by the kernel.
- */
-static unsigned find_aux(unsigned *vecs, unsigned type) {
-    while (vecs[0]) {
-        if (vecs[0] == type) {
-            return vecs[1];
-        }
-        vecs += 2;
-    }
-
-    return 0; // should never happen
-}
-
-static void apply_gnu_relro(unsigned *vecs) {
+static void apply_gnu_relro() {
     Elf32_Phdr *phdr_start;
-    unsigned phdr_ct;
+    unsigned long int phdr_ct;
     Elf32_Phdr *phdr;
 
-    phdr_start = (Elf32_Phdr *) find_aux(vecs, AT_PHDR);
-    phdr_ct    = find_aux(vecs, AT_PHNUM);
+    phdr_start = (Elf32_Phdr *) getauxval(AT_PHDR);
+    phdr_ct    = getauxval(AT_PHNUM);
 
     for (phdr = phdr_start; phdr < (phdr_start + phdr_ct); phdr++) {
         if (phdr->p_type != PT_GNU_RELRO)
@@ -108,7 +95,6 @@
 {
     int  argc;
     char **argv, **envp;
-    unsigned *vecs;
 
     __libc_init_tls(NULL);
 
@@ -129,14 +115,6 @@
     argv = (char**)(elfdata + 1);
     envp = argv + argc + 1;
 
-    // The auxiliary vector is at the end of the environment block
-    vecs = (unsigned *) envp;
-    while (vecs[0] != 0) {
-        vecs++;
-    }
-    /* The end of the environment block is marked by two NULL pointers */
-    vecs++;
-
     /* The executable may have its own destructors listed in its .fini_array
      * so we need to ensure that these are called when the program exits
      * normally.
@@ -144,6 +122,6 @@
     if (structors->fini_array)
         __cxa_atexit(__libc_fini,structors->fini_array,NULL);
 
-    apply_gnu_relro(vecs);
+    apply_gnu_relro();
     exit(slingshot(argc, argv, envp));
 }